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MAY 18, 2022
Oak Ridge Dance Team: national hip hop champions Jana Rossi Staff writer
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roud mom Nicole Hughes called the Oak Ridge Dance Team “remarkable.” “Not only was it an honor for our Oak Ridge Dance Team to compete at the USA Dance Nationals in Anaheim ... this year, but to win the National Title in the Small Group Hip Hop category and make Oak Ridge High School history is truly remarkable,” Hughes said. Her daughter Taylor Hughes has been dancing and competing in hip hop since she was 8. Taylor’s older cousin Ashley Christensen competed for Oak Ridge in years prior and now Taylor follows in her footsteps. This is her first year competing as a freshman for the Oak Ridge team. “The opportunity to compete at USA Dance Nationals in Anaheim was the ultimate honor. Many don’t realize the years of commitment and sacrifice each dancer makes to reach this level of competition,” Taylor told Village Life. “The reality of winning a national championship and also making school history is an experience I’ll never forget. Going to Disneyland the next day was magical.”
Oak Ridge Dance Team members Kara Chavez, Grace Zhu, Ava Nezbeth, Nicole Nunez, Taylor Hughes, Rose Baldovinos, Blair Foster, Sophia Morse, Amanda Haase, Alisa Kornilova and Grace Reimer celebrate their victory.
See DANCE, page 3
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Shall we have a Manners Dinner? Yes, please EDHCSD Board
OKs LLAD fees
Jana Rossi Staff writer
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erence Andersen said teaching etiquette to his Lakeview Elementary School fourth-graders was not his idea. It came from watching other teachers attempt to teach basic manners through lunches, during which the students would dress up and eat together with their class. Expanding on their idea, he decided a dinner may work better as a way to prepare students for big events yet to happen in their lives — prom, weddings, business lunches, even just dating. “The Manners Dinner is just a way to bring back some of the politeness that has gone from ■
See MANNERS, page 8
■ Public hearing set for June 9 Sel Richard Staff writer
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El Dorado Hills students Max Bilgin, Grace Dinh, Rylan Sohm, Dianna Perez and Liam Lourenco, left to right, raise their glasses during the Manners Dinner held recently at Lakeview Elementary School.
Preliminary engineers’ reports on the annual assessments for El Dorado Hills Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts were approved at this month’s EDH Community Services District Board of Directors meeting, bringing changes to yearly fees for some residents. Calculated by DTA Assessment Engineers, the assessments were distributed from the district’s operating budget. The staff report indicates that for fiscal year 2023, 10 LLADs are at maximum, nine are assessed lower than last year and six have modest increases. Four LLADs in particular were assessed significant increases — Francisco Oaks LLAD, Highland Hills 3 LLAD, North Commercial Boulevard LLAD and Carson Creek LLAD. The Francisco Oaks increase from $184 to $471 was due to much-needed repairs to ■
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